ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,012, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method of operating an image sensor" was invented by Chanyoung Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hee Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an image sensor, the image sensor including a pixel array of a plurality of red pixels, a plurality of green pixels, a plurality of blue pixels, and a plurality of white pixels, includes selecting a first green pixel and a second green pixel arranged on a first axis parallel to a first diagonal direction, selecting a third green pixel and a fourth green pixel arra...